Title is a little dramatic, but it's a concise breakdown of a complicated situation.
In case you haven't heard, Asia Argento -- one of the first women to out Harvey Weinstein and one of the most outspoken leaders of the #MeToo movement -- has been accused of having sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennet in 2013, when Bennett was 17, and subsequently coming to a settlement with him.
As you can imagine, the reaction has been polarizing and rather enlightening. Among the contingent who haven't turned against her, there are the obvious "he couldn't have been raped because he's a man" responses, but even more damningly, plenty of people -- including, as the linked article highlights, fellow #MeToo leader Rose McGowan -- are breaking out the "we don't know all of the details, let's wait for both sides" line that up to now has sparked immediate public shaming and cries to always believe the victim, no matter what. (Also, Argento decided to drag the late Anthony Bourdain into this, which -- even discounting the accusations -- marks her as a terrible, callous person.)
Victims can too often be victimizers, and the fact that Argento is likely guilty of rape (I'm omitting the "statutory" so as not to minimize the fact that Bennett didn't consent, as so many others are going out of their way to do) does not mean she wasn't raped by Weinstein, nor that the entire movement is crumbling / a complete witch-hunt (as I suspect at least one of the responses here will surmise). But it is a reminder that surviving horrible trauma doesn't instantly make someone an angel, and a spotlight on the fundamental hypocrisies at the heart of outrage culture, especially so close on the heels of the extremely questionable Chris Hardwick controversy that came and went.